Analysis and simulation of a hybrid visible-light/infrared optical wireless network for IoT applications
Kamalakis, T.
; Ghassemlooy, Z.
; Zvanovec, S.
;
Alves, L.
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking Vol. 14, Nº 3, pp. 69 - 69, March, 2022.
ISSN (print): 1943-0620
ISSN (online): 1943-0639
Scimago Journal Ranking: 1,29 (in 2022)
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1364/JOCN.442787
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Abstract
We analyze the performance of a hybrid visible-light/infrared optical wireless communications network for indoor Internet-of-Things applications. This approach can be used to connect multiple battery-powered sensor nodes using low-cost infrared light emitting diodes to transmit data to a master node located on the ceiling of a room. The master node uses visible light communications to send back an acknowledgment and coordinate the transmission. We present a detailed model for simulating the communications layer and energy usage, which is implemented in Python and is available under an open-source license. The results indicate the suitability of this approach for sporadically transmitting low data rate signals containing sensor readings in line with the massive machine-type communication fifth generation applications.
